• WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      I guess prepare to have your organs tapped by the switch blade of tyranny.

      But mainly it’s about the oppression of the minority by the majority.

    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      the message is that the people voting need to be educated, and democracy doesn’t guarantee best results.

      • CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de
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        14 days ago

        We’re supposed to learn that from almost every election in the last couple of years. I mean specifically what’s the message of this comic strip.

        • Prox@lemmy.world
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          14 days ago

          FWIW, this comic vastly predates the last couple of years - it was published in the 1997-2002 range.

        • Sidhean@lemmy.world
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          14 days ago

          The message of the comic strip is that democracy doesn’t guarantee the best results.

          Even if I don’t vote to kill me, everyone else can vote to kill me.

  • Gointhefridge@lemm.ee
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    15 days ago

    So far ahead of its time. I can’t recommend this series enough to anyone who considers themselves even kinda left.

    • Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works
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      15 days ago

      Is there multiple editions, or just one run?

      Edit: Looked it up. Amazon has it, but will check my local bookstore/comicstore first.

      • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        LCS should be stocked with it, it’s fairly popular. make sure you start with collection/vol 1, vol 0 of paperback collections is artwork/spoilers.

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    transmetropolitan was ever irrelevant?

    I’m still shocked, SHOCKED that it hasn’t been grabbed by SOMEONE to adapt into a TV show.

    It’s basically a no brainer for either Amazon or HBO. Amazon already did Preacher and The Boys. and AMC did Preacher

    Tangentially, Fox did Y the Last Man, and HBO did Watchmen sequels, Watchmen proper already got adapted, Netflix did Sandman…

    What’s fucking left from the adult comics boom of 80s-00s ? Shade the Changing Man? Animal man? The Invisibles?

    EDIT: All I can think of is Warren Ellis’ stuff, and the OBVIOUS one is Transmet. Sure, you can try the authority or global frequency, but transmet seems the more grounded, beloved and perpetually relevant one.